Running head: GRADUATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN FACEBOOK GRADUATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN FACEBOOK Abstract The objective of this paper is to analyse the issue of substandard employee retention rates in Facebook, one of the leading companies in the IT industry, identify the reasons behind it and suggest concrete steps for bettering the situation through an improved Graduate Career Development Plan. The analysis reveals that the main two issues plaguing the company’s young graduates are excessive
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15 Chapter - I Introduction and Research design Introduction Employee retention refers to policies and practices companies use to prevent valuable employees from leaving their jobs. How to retain valuable employees is one of the biggest problems that plague companies in the competitive marketplace .Replacement costs usually are 2.5 times the salary of the individual. The costs associated with turnover may include lost customers and business and damaged morale. In addition there are the hard
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| Crucial Cog | Management 521 | | | 6/5/2014 | | In 1997, what is now arguably the most recognized brand name, was caught in a downward spiral further fueled by a rapidly maturing rival. In an effort to stem the hemorrhaging, the flailing company had cycled through one Chief Executive Officer to the next, but yet continued to lose market share and profitability. It was not until the return of a high-profile alumnus did said company reverse course and ascend to technological
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Google, a multinational public organisation, advancing and hosting online based products and services. Transforming into one of the massive media for searching in internet and providing services up to billion searches. Larry Page and Sergey Brin commenced Google during their uni-life. The crews of the company designs an online software called Gmail, convivial networking implements such as Google Buzz and Orkut, and creating smart apps which is represented with Google Chrome, editing software, Picaso
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illegal for companies to discriminate against, it seems to still be an issue in the 21st century. The focus of this research paper is on gender discrimination in the technology industry in Silicon Valley as recent news scandals by companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter have made mainstream media, the reasons why women are behind in the technology industry and how companies manage or should manage their operations in order to prevent gender discrimination. It is an unfortunate fact of life
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Diversity? 2 1.2. Characteristics of Diversity 4 1.3. Aspects of Diversity 6 i. Aspects of Diversity (Visible): 8 ii. Aspects of Diversity (Invisible): 9 2.0 MANAGING DIVERSITY 13 2.1. Diversity Management 13 2.2 Diversity & Inclusion at Google 13 3.0 BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF MANAGING DIVERSITY 17 3.1 Benefits of Managing Diversity 17 3.2.Challenges of Managing Diversity 19 3.3 How to promote and support Diverse Workforce 21 3.4 Cultural Diversity in Malaysia 22 4.0 CASE STUDY 24
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Table of Contents Section Title of Section Page(s) I. Executive Summary 2 II. Brief History of Microsoft Corporation 2 III. History of Microsoft Customer Relationship Management Software 3 A. Timeline 3 B. Additional Information on MS-CRM Dynamics 2011 3 IV. Common Business Issues 3-6 V. Proposed Solution 6-7 VI. Recommendations for Executive Committee 7-8 VII. Attachments 8-15 A. References 8-9 B. Supplemental Materials 9-15 I. Executive Summary Especially true in today’s
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you think that only certain individuals are attracted to these types of jobs, or is it the characteristics of the jobs themselves that are satisfying? Answer: These types of jobs are considered difficult, stressful and time consuming and make an employee very busy all the time that he even scarifies his personal life and activities. Few people who prefer their professional life over personal or are very workaholic like to do such types of jobs. Usually such people are conscious of titles and high
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A critical review of Basford & Offermann 2012, "Beyond leadership: The impact of coworker relationships on employee motivation and intent to stay", Journal of Management and Organization, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 807-817. Relationships between coworkers have a great influence in people’s lives. While the importance of interpersonal relationships is widely supported by psychological literature, the specific impact of relationships between coworkers has been carried out by too few studies. The present
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in their work and happy with their current role(s). It is within the company’s interests to keep their employees happy both within their career and by helping create an effective work/life balance. An example of how companies can raise employee work place attitudes while creating a
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